Tame an Ocelot in Minecraft
An ocelot is a shy, passive mob in the game of Minecraft. Ocelots are jungle biome creatures. These creatures do not attack players, although they will attack chickens to eat. A tame ocelot (cat) is very useful for scaring away creepers when it is alongside you. While not always easy, if you'd like a tame ocelot, it's possible to do so with a lot of fish and plenty of patience.
Contents
Steps
Obtaining the resources
- Get lots of raw fish. Raw fish can be obtained by fishing. Use a fishing rod over a water body and amass the fish in your inventory. You'll need at least five fish and maybe up to 20, to lure the ocelot to you.
- A fishing rod can be made with 3 sticks and 2 string which you can get from killing spiders. In the crafting table, place the sticks diagonally from top left to bottom right and place the string to the left vertically.
- Do not cook the fish. Ocelots are only attracted by raw fish.
Locating your character in the right place
- Wait for the ocelot to approach you. This is an absolute requirement or taming the ocelot will not occur––if you try to approach the ocelot, it'll assume you're chasing it and take off. Moreover, trapping or cornering an ocelot will not result in taming.
- The ocelot will possibly come to you when you are holding a raw fish.
- Do not be threatening in any way.
- Be in an area that allows for plenty of escape for the ocelot. Your character must be situated somewhere that has a 7x7 minimum horizontal block area. This will allow the ocelot to feel safe rather than trapped.
- Be somewhere that no hostile mobs are attacking in. Taming will not take place if hostile mobs are attacking at the same time. And never have chickens or other animals around.
Attempting to tame the ocelot
- Hold the raw fish at all times during taming.
- Never look directly at an ocelot when attempting to tame it. This means keeping the crosshairs off it.
- Get close to the ocelot with great care and stealth. The ocelot will be easily frightened away.
- Walk at normal speed if you need to move nearer to keep apace with the ocelot, but don't get too close while moving. Only use walking to get nearer, then cease moving.
- When drawing closer to the ocelot, if it turns to face you, stop moving immediately.
- Wait for an approach. If an ocelot turns around and faces you, this may be an opportunity for it to approach you.
- Stand still if possible. This is the best way to attract the ocelot.
- If you want to, try sneaking––this might work without disturbing the ocelot. (Try holding sneak, while the mouse sensitivity is set to yawn.)
- Stay still when the ocelot is within 5 blocks of you. Keep holding the raw fish without moving or looking directly at the ocelot.
- Wait for the ocelot to stare at your character and approach timidly. If the conditions are right, the ocelot will slowly walk towards you.
- Wait for the ocelot to stop a few blocks from your character. When this happens, slowly pan the crosshairs over to the ocelot and right click the raw fish on the ocelot. Stay still while the ocelot feeds.
- Wait for the ocelot to transform into a tame cat. The taming process is not complete until the ocelot becomes a cat; while there may be a heart or puff effect evident after eating the fish, only the cat transformation is confirmation of a successful taming.
- Repeat the feeding if the cat transformation has not occurred. Use quick repeated right-clicks without jerking the camera or moving. Any movement can scare away the ocelot before it is tamed.
- If the ocelot transforms into a cat, you have successfully tamed it. There are three possible breeds of cat that it may transform into––Siamese, ginger tabby and tuxedo (black and white).
- A tamed ocelot (cat) ceases to be afraid of humans. It will meow and purr quite often. It will follow you around and sit on demand (simply right click).
- Cats will sit on everything, including chests, which can be a nuisance as the chest won't open until the cat gets off it!
- Expect creepers to flee when your cat is by your side.
Tips
- Ocelots only spawn in jungle biomes
- If your character dies, and the cat does not, the cat will teleport to your bed or spawn with you.
- It can take quite a few tries to tame an ocelot. Getting impatient will only cause you to chase or try to trap the ocelot, both of which will not result in taming. This is an exercise in patience.
- Cats will ward off creepers but do not directly attack hostile mobs.
- Cats can be bred if you have two; feed both of them raw fish and they enter breed mode.
- Cats like to roam a lot and won't sit for long. They may be tempted to attack chickens, wander off or get into mischief.
- If you look at an ocelot directly through transparent blocks, it will not sprint away. This may help you to find a taming method.
- It is easier to tame ocelots in Creative mode.
- If you really don't have the patience to tame two cats, you can use a spawn ocelot egg. Point the crosshairs at your cat and press spawn. You will then get a kitten.
- Don't move, and stay very still!
- Never chase an ocelot when trying to tame it; that will only make it run away from you. Just let the ocelot approach you like they said above.
- Ocelots can be tamed with any fish, as long as it is raw.
Warnings
- Cats aren't that worried about danger, and as such, you can lose your newly tamed ocelot if care is not taken. For example, cats can walk too close to cacti and be speared. They can walk too close to flame or lava and be burned. They can also walk through fights, oblivious, and be hit by arrows or attacks.
- Only adult cats can swim; kittens (born of two cats) sink and drown quickly. Cats will follow your character into water, so if you have kittens, be vigilant not to take them.
- It is not advisable to keep chickens in an enclosure in the jungle biome unless you want to attract ocelots. They will do their best to take your chickens!
Things You'll Need
- Minecraft, installed
- Fishing rod
- Raw fish
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Sources and Citations
- Cross checked against http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Ocelot
